Between 2008 and 2012 domestic assaults committed by children and teenagers, both males and females, aged from ten to seventeen years rose by 6.5%. Experts have indicated two key reasons behind this increase: The broadcasting of fights on social media. The undermining of parental authority in many homes. The filming of fights normalises that behaviour…
DetailsCrimes against a person reached a ten year high, with almost 40% of such crimes related to family violence. Family Violence related offences accounted for 38.6% of crime against the person. Crimes against the person rose 7.4%. Crimes involving weapons, explosives and bad behaviour in public places rose by 20.8%. The rate of drug offending…
DetailsOn Sunday the 2nd June 2013 just after 1.00 am a twenty-three-old male was socialising with friends at a hotel on Bridge Road in Richmond when an altercation occurred with another male. The twenty-three-old victim was struck to the face with a glass and sustained a laceration to his cheek and was treated at the…
DetailsMost recently we have seen a significant number of employers introducing paid leave entitlements for employees who are victims of domestic violence, including many government departments and the National Australia Bank. Historically legislation has existed which provides a right to unpaid leave to employees who are the victims of violent crime to attend court proceedings…
DetailsRobert Brokenshire’s private member’s bill has recently been passed by the South Australian Legislative Council to double the maximum compensation for victims of crime to $100,000.00. Mr Brokenshire said that the state government has more than $100 million in the victims’ fund and this money should be returned to victims of crime in the form…
DetailsVictims of Child Sexual Abuse are more prone to commit crimes as well as being more likely to be victims of crime in the future. Research has shown that victims of Child Sexual Abuse are five times more prone to be charged with criminal offences when compared to others with no childhood sexual abuse history.…
DetailsA large and growing number of Australian children witness domestic violence each year which often has a negative impact on their development. Children who are exposed to or who witness domestic violence are considered to be secondary victims and can be emotionally traumatized as a result. Children’s exposure to domestic violence includes: Having to hear…
DetailsAccording to a paper that is written by Kelly Richards there are five common misperceptions that are prevalent among people regarding Child Sex Offenders. The first misperception is that all offenders of child sexual abuse are pedophiles. The terms pedophile and child sex offenders are commonly interchanged and one has to understand that the two…
DetailsArmed robbery is a very serious crime that tends to have negative impacts on both employees and employers of businesses. The National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program (NARMP) was established to monitor and address the increasing trend of armed robberies in Australia. A past report released by NARMP with relation to the victims of armed robbery…
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